29 Aug 1974
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1974
Page
1
The Associated Press reports showers and possible afternoon thunderstorms continuing through Friday in Arkansas with the heaviest activity south of a line from Fort Smith to Jonesboro. Skies will be mostly cloudy through Friday as a weak low pressure system sits over the south.
Missouri and Texas front brings showers across Arkansas. High pressure southeast keeps a stationary front in Northwest Arkansas, with rainfall totals from Texarkana to Pine Bluff. Lows tonight mid 60s to low 70s, highs mid 80s to near 90, little rain expected Saturday through Monday. Experiment station: high 89, low 72, rainfall .07 inches.
Funeral services for H. C. Edington aged 69 were held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Latimer Funeral Home chapel in Nashville with Rev. Lawrence Amos officiating. Burial was in Walden Cemetery near Nashville. Edington, a Nashville resident, died Tuesday in a Texarkana hospital. He was a carpenter and a Mason. Survivors include his widow Ota two sons Leon of Huntsville Tex and Thomas of Nashville three daughters Thelma Clark of Patmos Dorothy Wynn of Memphis Tenn and Leota Davis of Nashville two sisters Jessie Ohmer and Edna Sheard, Beavon
The Kiwanis Club heard plans for Hope's centennial including Centennial Belles and Beaus uniforms, a teen group forming with 25 youths per gender, and multiple religious services leading to a large August parade. The event features Art shows, antique autos, a Music Man performances, and a September centennial preview.
Elder and Mrs Slim Crain of Vickerville California were killed Monday night in a car accident near Vickerville. Mr Crain, a former Hope resident, was 53 and his wife Jackie 49. They leave eight children, four sisters including Mrs Florence Williams of Hope, and one brother. Funeral services set for Thursday at Resada California.
Calendar notes a back-to-school dance at Hope City Park Youth Center August 30 at 7 30 p.m. Admission 50c and 75c. The New Bethel Memorial Club holds its twelfth annual homecoming September 1 at 2 p.m. Rev. David Porter to preach. Obituaries: Elbert Wesson of Bingen Arkansas died August 26. services August 31 at Ebenezer United Methodist Church Nashville. Mamie White Porter funeral September 1 at 2 30 p.m. Church of God in Christ Nashville. Burial Macedonia Cemetery Columbus. Hicks Mortuary Hope handling arrangements.
President Ford backed Jaworski to decide whether to prosecute Nixon in the Watergate case but said he would make the final call. Ford indicated he could consider a pardon if legal action occurred, emphasizing he is the final authority. Jaworski and staff refused to comment or answer questions.
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